I found another great travel list on Business Insider. Definitely more fodder for my bucket list. Here is the list with the ones I’ve done crossed out: Ride a dogsled through the backcountry of Sweden. Taste some of the best pizza in the world in Naples, Italy. See the great wildebeest migration in Africa’s Serengeti National…
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The Northwest Bucket List
I snagged this list from discoverthenw.com and thought I should tackle some if not all of it since I live here. Mount Si Trail – WA Grand Sawtooths Loop – ID Wallace Falls Hike – WA Sky Lakes Wilderness – OR Hall Of Mosses Trail – WA Boulder Chains Lake Trail – ID Oyster Dome Trail…
Books of 2015
I’ve never really been able to stick to a reading list. Inevitably an awesome sounding book comes my way and I have to derail my plans. This year, I’m actually giving myself assigned reading so I can power through some of these books I’ve either half-read or have been putting off for a bit. Here…
Cities to visit in your lifetime
As a supplement to my To-Do list, here is a list I stole from a HuffPost article about the top 50 cities to visit in your lifetime. I’ve striked out the places I’ve been. 13/50! Venice, Italy Seville, Spain New York City, USA Lhasa, China (the spiritual center of Tibetan Buddhism) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil…
UNESCO World Heritage List
As a supplement to my To-Do list, here is a list of UNESCO World Heritage sites, a good list of more places to visit. I have bolded and striked-out the ones I’ve done so far. The links lead to a handy map to interact with. Enjoy! Afghanistan Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam Cultural Landscape…
How to Hide Gold
I am currently helping a friend search through his father’s home for approximately $30,000 worth of gold coins he suspects are somewhere in the house. We’ve taken a number of measures: flipping through the pages of every book, knocking on walls, pulling out the insulation in the attic, testing out wood paneling. We’re considering pulling…
Things to do in my twenties
I creep steadily towards my 28th birthday. Don’t worry, I’m not going to complain or say I feel old. However, there are a few things that are on my to-do list that I think would be better done within the next two years than in my thirties or later because I doubt they will be as…
A Snippet of Seattle Public Transportation
A couple of weeks ago my dear dear 1999 Honda Civic started making strange noises and shaking. After a visit to the mechanic, she was diagnosed with the car version of pancreatic cancer: the head gasket needed to be replaced. I’d been holding onto her for a while because she belonged to my grandmother, may…
(Not-So-Little) Little Debbie Cake: The Best Thing I’ve Ever Made
Every once in a while we are presented with an opportunity to make a lifetime dream come true. Chance and fate play an intricate weaving game throughout our lives and we never know if we’ll get a shot at being truly great. I recently stumbled upon a chance to go for the gold. Gold in the form…